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To: Minister for Education.. equal access *NOW*
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Tell the Minister to enable a new and equal music education curriculum for Deaf / Hard Of Hearing children. Point out that an Irish Deaf Vision Impaired music teacher has proved through method and technology how the Deaf / Hard of Hearing, and other sensory impaired can learn, enjoy, perform, appreciate, experience, music, in a new and equal way. BARRIERS OUT = GATEWAYS IN.
https://youtu.be/OXEZ4RUTX9s
Tell the Minister to enable a new and equal music education curriculum for Deaf / Hard Of Hearing children. Point out that an Irish Deaf Vision Impaired music teacher has proved through method and technology how the Deaf / Hard of Hearing, and other sensory impaired can learn, enjoy, perform, appreciate, experience, music, in a new and equal way. BARRIERS OUT = GATEWAYS IN.
https://youtu.be/OXEZ4RUTX9s
Why is this important?
*WHY* This technology does not divide or discriminate. Everyone and anyone can use this. It is Entertainment, Education, Therapy, all in one, for everyone. To Feel It: you need the music vibration device. To See It: Witness visual coloured sample of the technology VIBOXO SoundSenses. See link below.
Experience sound. Click: https://youtu.be/bkQYrQq4DS8
* This technology is entertainment, education, and therapy, all in one. It is for everyone and anyone, not just the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
* Music is shown in a note specific colour visual. The colours represent the sound of music. It is music generated art. It is hypnotic, restful, calming, uplifting.
* The rhythm of music is experienced by vibration. Which enhances the experience of “pulse”and “timing”.
The vibration to be future tailored to the musical notes.
* To enable the writing of a teaching journal by Orla O’Sullivan that will show how music can be taught to the Deaf / Hard Of Hearing, and other sensory impaired.
* Access to music education should be equal and inclusive.
For example in the Disability and Facilitating Inclusion course, one of the modules is creative arts, therefore using VIBOXO will enhance the training of a visual art.
* Access to music for all can be achieved by the development of the VIBOXO SoundSenses technology into a module course for the teaching and learning and enjoyment of music as creative art.
* Mindfulness and wellbeing can be enhanced by using VIBOXO to teach mindfulness in school settings and wellness centers.
* We are at year 2 of a 3 year plan to develop VIBOXO SoundSenses Ltd. The product design, test, development, is being conducted by Dolmen Innovation & Design at DCU Alpha.
Information and background.
An earlier prototype of this technology, which I helped design and create, was used to teach music to Deaf and Hard of Hearing pupils. One of my Deaf pupils passed her junior grade exam set by (VCM): Victoria College of Music, London, using the technology. She was the first Deaf pupil to do this. I am a registered music teacher with VCM with almost 30 years of experience.
Music is a gift. Music was given to me as a gift as a young child by my mother who discovered how I responded to vibrations generated by piano music as it was played. Music gave me a purpose in life. It enriched my life.
That gift of music should not be denied to the Deaf, Hard of Hearing and the sensory impaired. Being Deaf does not exclude you from the joy of music. Viboxo SoundSenses technology will make it possible.
I know this. Barriers can be turned into Gateways with the application of a key.
Our friends, mentors, and supporters include:
Anne Sullivan Centre, Dublin.
University College Cork.
Trinity College Dublin
Dublin City University
Mary Immaculate College Limerick
Blennerville. Rehab Care, Tralee
Nano Nagle Place, Cork
St Columba’s School for the Deaf
Cork School of Music
Frankfield Music Studio, Cork.
Cork Deaf Association
Excerpt from TCD 30/04/2019
My name is Orla O’Sullivan. Here I would like to explain to you two chapters in my life that reflect the “Sound of Silence”
I lost my hearing and part of my sight after a serious illness when I was six weeks old.
Silence and darkness.
When I was three years old my mother introduced me to music when she put my fingers on the piano keys. I felt the music vibrate thorough my fingers and legs.
That was the day the darkness lifted and my musical journey began.
Silence is broken.
My mother brought me to music teacher Jean Downey who is a neighbour. Jean was as determined to teach me as I was determined to learn. She is now a senior lecturer in the music department of University College Limerick..
In the next part of my life I discovered Sign Language. Learning Sign Language and becoming part of the Deaf community gave me a new confidence and awareness.
Silence has spoken.
Now I want to talk about music for the d/Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
I was the only Deaf Vision Impaired student in Ireland who did music in the Leaving Cert. All the other Deaf dropped music after First Year.
The methods used in teaching music to the d/Deaf does not work and will never work. That is the reason the deaf drop Music after First Year.
Many people think that enjoying music is impossible for the the d/Deaf. That is wrong. I am the proof of why it is wrong.
A very important part of my methods in teaching music to the Deaf / Hard of Hearing is that I use ISL Sign Language to communicate with my pupils.
*It is their 1st language. It is my 1st language.
*The community of the Deaf / Hard Of Hearing can NOT learn how to hear.
*But the hearing community CAN learn ISL Sign Language.
VIBOXO SoundSenses will enable d/Deaf and Hard of Hearing and sensory impaired students to keep up with their hearing peers. This will give them confidence and awareness.
Music is not just about sound. Music is vibration.
Without sound there is no music. All sound is vibration.
Music, like mathematics, is universal. They are connected. The way I understand music is like mathematics. Counting in time...
Music and Sign Language are also visual languages. Sounds can be felt. Sounds can be seen and experienced in visual colour..🌈
VIBOXO SOUNDSENSES is for everybody and anybody. It can be used in Education, Entertainment and Therapy.
Because of my low vision I use technology to enlarge the music scores. I memorise the music score and play it from memory.
I can explain in an easy way how music theory works. You SEE the music in colours on the screen. The colours are the music.
At the same time you will FEEL the music
Experience sound. Click: https://youtu.be/bkQYrQq4DS8
* This technology is entertainment, education, and therapy, all in one. It is for everyone and anyone, not just the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
* Music is shown in a note specific colour visual. The colours represent the sound of music. It is music generated art. It is hypnotic, restful, calming, uplifting.
* The rhythm of music is experienced by vibration. Which enhances the experience of “pulse”and “timing”.
The vibration to be future tailored to the musical notes.
* To enable the writing of a teaching journal by Orla O’Sullivan that will show how music can be taught to the Deaf / Hard Of Hearing, and other sensory impaired.
* Access to music education should be equal and inclusive.
For example in the Disability and Facilitating Inclusion course, one of the modules is creative arts, therefore using VIBOXO will enhance the training of a visual art.
* Access to music for all can be achieved by the development of the VIBOXO SoundSenses technology into a module course for the teaching and learning and enjoyment of music as creative art.
* Mindfulness and wellbeing can be enhanced by using VIBOXO to teach mindfulness in school settings and wellness centers.
* We are at year 2 of a 3 year plan to develop VIBOXO SoundSenses Ltd. The product design, test, development, is being conducted by Dolmen Innovation & Design at DCU Alpha.
Information and background.
An earlier prototype of this technology, which I helped design and create, was used to teach music to Deaf and Hard of Hearing pupils. One of my Deaf pupils passed her junior grade exam set by (VCM): Victoria College of Music, London, using the technology. She was the first Deaf pupil to do this. I am a registered music teacher with VCM with almost 30 years of experience.
Music is a gift. Music was given to me as a gift as a young child by my mother who discovered how I responded to vibrations generated by piano music as it was played. Music gave me a purpose in life. It enriched my life.
That gift of music should not be denied to the Deaf, Hard of Hearing and the sensory impaired. Being Deaf does not exclude you from the joy of music. Viboxo SoundSenses technology will make it possible.
I know this. Barriers can be turned into Gateways with the application of a key.
Our friends, mentors, and supporters include:
Anne Sullivan Centre, Dublin.
University College Cork.
Trinity College Dublin
Dublin City University
Mary Immaculate College Limerick
Blennerville. Rehab Care, Tralee
Nano Nagle Place, Cork
St Columba’s School for the Deaf
Cork School of Music
Frankfield Music Studio, Cork.
Cork Deaf Association
Excerpt from TCD 30/04/2019
My name is Orla O’Sullivan. Here I would like to explain to you two chapters in my life that reflect the “Sound of Silence”
I lost my hearing and part of my sight after a serious illness when I was six weeks old.
Silence and darkness.
When I was three years old my mother introduced me to music when she put my fingers on the piano keys. I felt the music vibrate thorough my fingers and legs.
That was the day the darkness lifted and my musical journey began.
Silence is broken.
My mother brought me to music teacher Jean Downey who is a neighbour. Jean was as determined to teach me as I was determined to learn. She is now a senior lecturer in the music department of University College Limerick..
In the next part of my life I discovered Sign Language. Learning Sign Language and becoming part of the Deaf community gave me a new confidence and awareness.
Silence has spoken.
Now I want to talk about music for the d/Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
I was the only Deaf Vision Impaired student in Ireland who did music in the Leaving Cert. All the other Deaf dropped music after First Year.
The methods used in teaching music to the d/Deaf does not work and will never work. That is the reason the deaf drop Music after First Year.
Many people think that enjoying music is impossible for the the d/Deaf. That is wrong. I am the proof of why it is wrong.
A very important part of my methods in teaching music to the Deaf / Hard of Hearing is that I use ISL Sign Language to communicate with my pupils.
*It is their 1st language. It is my 1st language.
*The community of the Deaf / Hard Of Hearing can NOT learn how to hear.
*But the hearing community CAN learn ISL Sign Language.
VIBOXO SoundSenses will enable d/Deaf and Hard of Hearing and sensory impaired students to keep up with their hearing peers. This will give them confidence and awareness.
Music is not just about sound. Music is vibration.
Without sound there is no music. All sound is vibration.
Music, like mathematics, is universal. They are connected. The way I understand music is like mathematics. Counting in time...
Music and Sign Language are also visual languages. Sounds can be felt. Sounds can be seen and experienced in visual colour..🌈
VIBOXO SOUNDSENSES is for everybody and anybody. It can be used in Education, Entertainment and Therapy.
Because of my low vision I use technology to enlarge the music scores. I memorise the music score and play it from memory.
I can explain in an easy way how music theory works. You SEE the music in colours on the screen. The colours are the music.
At the same time you will FEEL the music
How it will be delivered
I will use all the power that this campaign can generate to move the project forward. There are mountain of indifference out there to overcome. People power will change this. Every signature carries a pebble of power. Pebbles grow into rocks. Rocks become mountains.
Mountains get attention. The VIBOXO SoundSenses idea that began as a grain of sand 7 years ago is gathering force. Add your voice to create a crescendo.